Artist

Olaf Skoogfors

born Bredsjo, Sweden 1930-died Mount Airy, PA 1975
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Also known as
  • Gustav Olaf Jansson
  • Gustav Olaf Johnson
  • Olaf Gustav Skoogfors
Born
Bredsjo, Sweden
Died
Mount Airy, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Olaf Skoogfors was influenced by his father’s career in engineering and was a self-proclaimed “constructivist by inclination.” He enjoyed building his compositions directly in metal, producing light-reflecting assemblages in gold-plated silver. He drew imagery from nature and from Scandinavian, Benin, pre-Columbian, Celtic, and Viking traditions.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Radcliffe Bailey, Up From, 2015, canvas tarpaulin, velvet, Georgia clay, wood, rock, metal, thread, rum, and tobacco, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2024.23.1A-D, © Radcliffe Bailey. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Up From
Artist
Date2015
canvas tarpaulin, velvet, Georgia clay, wood, rock, metal, thread, rum, and tobacco
On view
Radcliffe Bailey, Untitled, 2022, mixed media including flock, oil stick, acrylic paint on tarp, with steel railroad tracks, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2024.23.2A-B, © Radcliffe Bailey. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Untitled
Artist
Date2022
mixed media including flock, oil stick, acrylic paint on tarp, with steel railroad tracks
Not on view